RCD-1c-1937-02 Retained Cud

Description

A retained cud represents the stage of die failure immediately following a pre-cud: the die piece has fully separated from the main body of the die but has not been ejected from the die cavity, remaining in place during subsequent strikes. Because the retained fragment is no longer anchored to the surrounding die steel, it exerts reduced or uneven pressure on the planchet at the affected location, producing a raised, flat, or weakly detailed area on struck coins that is visually distinct from the surrounding design. The RCD-1c-1937-02 documents this failure mode on the 1937 Lincoln Wheat Cent, where the die fragment remained in position long enough to produce multiple examples now recognizable by the characteristic retained cud signature. Verified by Cuds on Coins and cross-referenced as JCc-1937_126 in the Jim Caldwell catalog, this variety is one of two documented retained cuds from the 1937 Lincoln cent series. The 1937 cent was produced exclusively at the Philadelphia Mint without a mint mark, and its well-studied status within the Lincoln cent variety community reflects decades of dedicated research by specialists.

Attribution History

• Discovered by JC Stevens
• Cross reference: JCc-1937_126. 06/24/2014.
• Expert attribution by Cuds on Coins

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